nostrich has written a highly entertaining take on modern courtship. he wonders what's happening to this world, when flirting used to mean guys placing themselves in strategic view of the tits of their crushes, leading to cross-room flirtation, which has now somehow been distilled to drunken full-name confessions out taxi windows, hoping for a late-night facebook stalk. when i first moved here 6 months ago, i was in the yoga studio's changing room and i heard two 30somethings complaining about the very same thing to each other --
"He didn't even ask for my number, he just asked for my name so he could look me up on facebook!! This is happening all the time now~!"
I just remember being surprised that women their age had and actively used facebook accounts...i don't plan on having one past my twenties, but hey, i'm a purist. i don't think facebook should be for job recruiting or career networking or keeping up with your 55 year old third cousin. I think it should be for posting drunken photos of you and your friends from the weekend and sending quick and easy messages to friends. Friends. You know. people you actually KNOW, or at least, have met. I can't tell you how many high schoolers across america add me on facebook or myspace each week because of Matilda --sometimes messages are attached ("hey were u that grl in matilda??? lol"), but not always. I don't know who the hell you are and you're in HIGH SCHOOL. why the eff would we be facebook friends??
Ok, that was a rant. go look at nostrich's site. he's entertaining, and now i fancy him, because if you're clever and funny and write well, i'm sold. i'm easy like that.
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Don't worry, when you're in your thirties you won't be on Facebook; you'll be on whatever social networking/invading site your current peers come up with by then.
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